You know, other than the actual chickens.
hey good question I’m doing the same! what type of chickens are u doing that might help a bit. but if u don’t know yet its very simple. with chicks, they eat chick mash, they need a certain vitamin but only a pinch. they need food and water every day and they need to be taken out at least for a few mins. every day. they have a high fatality rate so if you get them when there young you need to get about 10-15. But with big chickens they eat whole and cracked corn, wheat, and oyster shells. theres a certain way to hold them too. you put your ring finger and your middle finger underneath them until you find there breast bone. then you hold the wings with you thumb and your pinkey fingers. that’s only if you want to show them in the fair though other wise just hold them however you want to just hold the wings. like the chicks they need food and water everyday. they need to be held for a while but they need there cage cleaned every 3-5 days or they will scratch at the ground and eat the poop they get diseases from that. its normall if you get 10-15 chicks and at least 5 or six of them die. like i said that’s all because of the fatality rate so if you want I’ll give you my email so you can know what birds are show quality and arn’t.
otherwise hope my answer helped!
You will need to do some research on chickens first and foremost and look into feed stores in your area. Baby chicks should always be started on chick starter, not the regular poultry feed. You will also need a shelter for them where they can get up off the ground and away from predators, and a good-sized enclosure if you’re not doing free-range birds (if free-range, you’re going to want to look into getting some guard dogs as -everything-, foxes, owls, hawks, coyotes, raccoons, opposums, domestic dogs, etc. etc. will eat them if given half a chance). They will need heat lamps and to be kept indoors as chicks, and once they’re big enough (fully feathered) you can start looking into putting them into the out-of-doors (in a shelter) with the heat lamp. I’d suggest waiting until it’s warm again, as purchasing chicks at this time of year leads to about a 70% loss of life when you try to ship them. You’ll also want to look into building some nest-boxes and getting appropriate bedding.
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You need a coop to house them a caged area they can wander and feed in. We put the babies in a smaller cage inside the coop until they are big enough to be with the bigger ones without getting picked on. In the coop you need a roosting area for them so that when they are old enough they can start laying.
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hey good question I’m doing the same! what type of chickens are u doing that might help a bit. but if u don’t know yet its very simple. with chicks, they eat chick mash, they need a certain vitamin but only a pinch. they need food and water every day and they need to be taken out at least for a few mins. every day. they have a high fatality rate so if you get them when there young you need to get about 10-15. But with big chickens they eat whole and cracked corn, wheat, and oyster shells. theres a certain way to hold them too. you put your ring finger and your middle finger underneath them until you find there breast bone. then you hold the wings with you thumb and your pinkey fingers. that’s only if you want to show them in the fair though other wise just hold them however you want to just hold the wings. like the chicks they need food and water everyday. they need to be held for a while but they need there cage cleaned every 3-5 days or they will scratch at the ground and eat the poop they get diseases from that. its normall if you get 10-15 chicks and at least 5 or six of them die. like i said that’s all because of the fatality rate so if you want I’ll give you my email so you can know what birds are show quality and arn’t.
otherwise hope my answer helped!
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well, by your question I don’t think you know much about chickens so I wouldn’t suggest buying chicks. There are a lot more expenses with buying chicks, so I would suggest getting chickens at the point of lay, rhode island reds and light sussex are good layers, so maybe those breeds. how many are you thinking of buying? you need to get a chicken coop with a run (or you can make your own), making sure there is perches inside and nesting boxes (in the coop), and you need to supply bedding. I feed mine layers pellets and maize, and pasta a couple of times a week (they love it!). When you first get them make sure you leave them in their coop for the first couple of days, so they will hopefully know where to go at night and lay their eggs. always make sure they have fresh clean water. also research on the internet maybe google. I found loads of information about them!
good luck!
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